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Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021 at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar on April 14, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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For Class 10 students, results will be prepared on the basis of an objective criterion to be developed by the Board. Any candidate who is not satisfied with the allocated marks will be allowed to write an exam as and when conditions are conducive, the Education Ministry said.
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The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country,” Amnesty International said in a report.
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The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country,” Amnesty International said in a report. Amnesty International accused Myanmar’s military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings. Myanmar has been roiled by protests and other acts of civil disobedience since a February 1 military coup that toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi just as it was to start its second term.
The Association for Democratic Reforms report analysed the election affidavits of 443 MLAs and MPs who switched parties and recontested polls in the past five years. Out of the 405 MLAs across the States who quit and switched parties, 42% were from the Congress, the report found, while the BJP came in a distant second with 4.4%. On the other hand, the BJP was the party of choice for 44.9% of the recontesting MLAs, followed by the Congress with 9.4%.
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN, during a vaccination campaign at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on January 16, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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COVAXIN is one of the two vaccines approved for use in the country thus far and is being used as part of the immunisation programme rolled out on January 16. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had given the emergency use authorisation for the vaccine in clinical trial mode, raising questions about its effectiveness.